Director - Supply Chain Transformation Business Expert

L'Oreal USA, Inc
United States, New Jersey, Clark
Nov 10, 2024
Job Title Director- Supply Chain Transformation Business Expert Division: Operations Location: Clark, NJ Reports To: Director Fulfillment Performance Lead Who We Are: For more than a century, L'Oreal has devoted its energy, innovation, and scientific excellence solely to one business: Beauty. Our goal is to offer each and every person around the world the best of beautyin terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity and responsibility to satisfy all beauty needs and desires in their infinite diversity. Position Overview: The Supply Chain Transformation Business Expert is a Fulfillment Center business process expert that supports the knowledge transfer transition from a Warehouse Management Solution Implementation to an Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation. He/She will provide business process expertise and support to ensure the good adoption of an already designed global core model. Who We Are: For more than a century, L'Oreal has devoted its energy, innovation, and scientific excellence solely to one business: Beauty. Our goal is to offer each and every person around the world the best of beautyin terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity and responsibility to satisfy all beauty needs and desires in their infinite diversity. What You Will Learn: This role will provide you an opportunity to be part of the L'Oreal Supply Chain Transformation focused on modernizing our Supply Chain with a customer centric focus. As an Supply Chain Transformation Business Expert, you will support sites / divisions as they transition to the new ERP. You will be a solution expert for WMS, leveraging the Core and team of experts to: Go through a Major Transformation program inside of the world largest beauty company Opportunity to work across multiple business units and functions Major project communication Stakeholder management Work with our NA network of fulfillment centers, business, operations, planning and IT and project teams Develop tactical and strategic knowledge on an ERP/WMS integration Key Activities: Acquire working knowledge of SAP S4 Hana Global Template and Manhattan Active WMS Global Template and APO Planning Tool Active participation in analysis workshops to identify gaps between WMS and ERP (FIT sessions) Active participation in Design & Build sessions on how ERP will be built and integrated with WMS Ensure alignment to Core S4 Hana (NEO) global template and work with support from Core/Central team for gaps Review configuration, along with WMS consultant, to ensure WMS is properly connected to the ERP design Present the new solution & the change to local teams Provide knowledge to reporting and data team to help properly remediate existing reports Support and participate in creation and execution of end-to-end testing Defect resolution support during execution of user acceptance testing Support the training of corporate and site personnel on WMS solution On-site support and incident closure linked to remediation topics during go-live and hypercare of fulfillment centers Identifying enhancement/improvement opportunities for WMS template to better support ERP integration Communication between technical teams and business teams for understanding of program impacts on the business results What We Are Looking For: BA/BS degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business or related field preferred Business Profile ("Metier") with extensive experience and knowledge of logistics, especially warehousing and planning A minimum of 10 years related business experience Full English proficiency mandatory ERP, WMS and APO working knowledge Proven track record in meeting deadlines Ability to travel to DCs throughout the USA up to 35% of the time Possess well-developed communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills Able to effectively present complex solutions to technical and non-technical staff at all levels of the organization, across multiple cultures/geographies Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize, handle multiple tasks, and work independently Collaborative and effective at building consensus across the organization Worked with multiple, cross-functional business area managers and stakeholders and influenced resolution of conflicting objectives Resourceful and skilled at explaining and transferring knowledge Strong analytical skills Dynamic, energetic, pragmatic, solution-driven mindset Change management experience for Internal candidates - Preferred: Strong knowledge of L'Oreal USA organization, current SAP systems and processes Don't meet every single requirement?At L'Oreal, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and innovative workplace. 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